Monarch 9460 manual T a M a n i p u l a t i o n C o m m a n d s

D a t a M a n i p u l a t i o n C o m m a n d s

ARGREAD	Extracts an argument from a comma-delimited string.
ASC	Converts ASCII data from a numeric format to an alphanumeric
	format.
BITCLEAR	Sets the specified bit to zero.
BITMASK	Allows bit logical operations on buffers.
BITSET	Sets the specified bit to one.
BITSHIFT	Allows bits within a value to be arithmetically shifted left or
	right.
BITTEST	Checks the specified bit to see if the bit is a one or a zero.
CHARTYPE	Allows you to limit the character type for an input buffer.
CHR	Converts ASCII data from an alphanumeric format to a numeric
	format.
CLEAR	Clears buffers or files.
COMPARE	Compares the contents of two fields.
CONCAT	Appends the contents of one field to another.
CSTRIP	Extracts specific characters for a string.
DATATYPE	Restricts the type of data for the GET command.
FIELDLEN	Places the length of one field into another.
GENERATE	Creates a check digit.
INSERT	Inserts data from one buffer into another.
LEFT	Extracts the left-most characters from a string.
LOWER	Converts characters in a field to lower-case.
LSTRIP	Strips specified left-most characters from one field and copies
	the remaining characters to another.
MID	Extracts a sub-field from a string.
MOVE	Copies contents of one field to another field.
PAD	Adds characters to a field to fill it out.
PARSE	Processes an MPCL data stream.
RIGHT	Extracts the right-most characters from a string.
RSTRIP	Strips specified right-most characters from one field and copies
	the remaining characters to another.
TOKEN	Extracts character-delimited sub-fields from a string.
TSTRIP	Strips characters from a field based upon a template.
UPPER	Converts characters in a field to upper-case.
VALIDATE	Validates a check digit.

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